“Batman Begins”

“Batman Begins” goes back to its 65-year-old comic book roots to present a long, dark, humorous but never campy summer adventure film. The cast, with one exception, does a fine job. The special effects and stunts are terrific. Because of the violent, murderous, and scary scenes, not recommended for impressionable children. GRADE = “B+”

“Land of the Dead”

“Land of the Dead” is a tiresome horror film which appears to have been written by a zombie. Better titles would be ‘Land of the Cliches’ and ‘Zombies Get Smart’. Unless you’ve never seen a zombie movie or love seeing a movie that is repetitious and you’ve seen many times before, your best bet is […]

“Saving Face”

“Saving Face” is a romantic comedy but the primary romance is between two Chinese women. The central character is a young female surgeon whose long-widowed mother is pregnant and refuses to identify the father. The surgeon is a closeted gay who falls in love with a dancer. There are all sorts of ‘characters’ in this […]

The Perfect Man

Romantic comedies are my favorite movies. With that said, this one was NOT. It was boring and never captured the audience. Too bad because the two female leads are pleasant on the eyes even though they looked like they were having bad hair days. Chris Noth and Mike O’Malley actually are much more realistic and […]